Abstract: Digital broadcast receiving apparatus including: a receiver receiving at least three different video programs in one transport stream, including a plurality of different video signal formats having different combination of scan lines and scan method; an isolator to isolate a video signal; a decoder to decode the video signal; a processor to execute a plurality of video processing sub software programs, providing video processing according to a different combination of the number of scan lines and a scan method; a controller using information obtained from the digital multiplexed signal to determine a combination of the number of scan lines and a scan method, and selecting one video processing of the video processing sub software programs to perform video processing according to the determined combination of the number of scan lines and the scan method; and a display to display the video signal processed by the processor.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a computing device, a first selection of first video content. The method also includes sending the first video content to a display device. The method further includes adding a first element corresponding to the first video content to a list. The list includes multiple elements and each element of the list corresponds to respective previously displayed video content. The method includes sending the list to the display device. The elements of the list are ordered based on display times of the corresponding video content.

Abstract: Audio data and video data are processed to determine one or more audible events and visual events, respectively. Contemporaneous presentation of the video data with audio data may be synchronized based at least in part on the audible events and the visual events. Audio processing functions, such as filtering, may be initiated for audio data based at least in part on the visual events.

Abstract: A remote control system includes a remote control device and an electronic device. The remote control device includes an input element, a wireless transmitter to transmit an absolute coordinate signal and a motion signal and a control unit electrically connected to the input element and the wireless transmitter. The electronic device includes a wireless receiver and a display screen. The wireless receiver receives the absolute coordinate signal and the motion signal, and displays the absolute coordinate signal at the display screen via a cursor. When the electronic device does not receive the motion signal, the absolute coordinate signal is not operated on an application program of the electronic device. When the electronic device receives the motion signal, the absolute coordinate signal is operated on the application program.

Abstract: A point-to-point radio frequency (RF) communication system having one or more communication units coupled to respective television cameras and displays; and a further communication unit; wherein the units transmit video data to the further communication unit at frequencies greater than or equal to 50 GHz and at data rates greater than or equal to 1 gigabit/second; and the units receive video data transmitted by the further communication unit at frequencies greater than or equal to 50 GHz and at data rates 250 megabits/second. The units can each include an antenna with a waveguide diplexer and an RF transceiver circuit board having sufficient transmit/receive isolation for the transmitting and receiving to take place point-to-point at distances greater than or equal to 1 km.

Abstract: A TV receiver is activated at the time of a transition to a standby condition of a mobile terminal (100) with the TV receiver, data on a standby screen saved beforehand is synthesized with data on a predetermined image, and the synthesized image is displayed. Thereafter, the predetermined image in the synthesized image is switched to, at a predetermined timing, a real-time TV image received by the TV receiver and the real-time TV image is displayed. Accordingly, an image is displayed on the standby screen even in a blank period that a TV image cannot be displayed well because of a preparation for displaying a TV image right after the transition to the standby condition, thereby promoting utilization of a TV broadcasting through the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A mobile device stores a TV application for serving as a remote control capable of controlling a TV receiver. The mobile device starts the process of starting the TV application and transmits, to the TV receiver, control signals to turn on the TV receiver before the TV application has been started. More particularly, the mobile device transmits the control signals to turn on the TV receiver while performing the process of starting the TV application. When the mobile device has started the TV application and then the TV receiver has been turned on in normal mode, a user can control the TV receiver by using the mobile device.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a connection device that can provide a new function for an electronic device. A film antenna receives a wireless signal transmitted by radio, a relay unit relays the received wireless signal to a television receiver, an LED indicator emits light based on a control signal transmitted from the television receiver, a storage case stores the film antenna, the relay unit and a light emitting unit, and a connection member connects the storage case to the television receiver. In addition, in a state of being connected to the television receiver, in a normal direction to a housing surface having a display unit on a housing of the television receiver, the storage case has a protruding section which further protrudes from the housing surface and stores the film antenna in the protruding section. For example, this disclosure can be applied to a receiving device having a receiving unit which receives the wireless signal.

Abstract: A prediction means for predicting a maximum delayed change time, which is the longest in a change time which allows a next program to be displayed, if a channel is selected to change the current program to the next program; and a display control means, by which, from a reception completion time when the reception of the current program has been completed, a relevant program is displayed on the basis of original program data remaining in a buffer at the relevant reception completion time, and at the same time, the reproduction speed of the display is based on a speed at which the current program is displayed during the period between the reception completion time and a maximum delayed change time.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a universal television receiver that is capable of processing television channel signals broadcast according to a variety of analog and digital broadcast standards. In particular, various embodiments are provided for avoiding interferers in a desired television channel signal and these embodiments generally include changing sampling rate, shifting certain oscillation frequencies or changing sampling rate and shifting certain oscillation frequencies.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is presented for simultaneous reception of a plurality of digital RF channels. Specifically, N amplifier-filter circuits are configured to receive and separate a multichannel analog RF input signal into N analog signals, each including a different frequency band. N analog-to-digital converters are provided, each respectively coupled to one of the N amplifier-filter circuits and configured to receive an analog signal and generate a respective digital signal. A digital tuner is coupled to receive and demultiplex the N digital signals generated by the N analog-to-digital converters thereby recovering M digital RF channels. M demodulation circuits are provided for performing demodulation and forward-error-correction of the M digital RF channels (see FIG. 1). This combination of components permits substantially simultaneous reception of multiple digital cable channels within a single digital receiver circuit suitable for use with conventional cable delivery systems and at a reasonable cost.

Abstract: A display device includes: a backlight chassis; and a circuit substrate having a substrate rear surface facing the chassis with a circuit pattern formed on the substrate rear surface and having a part held with respect to the chassis, the chassis having a drawn part with which an edge of the source substrate makes contact when the source substrate is displaced.

Abstract: A signal processing device and signal processing method. A plurality of tuner circuits includes at least one that selectively provides a signal from among a plurality of signal bands potentially in an input signal in response to a control signal having a transition between a first state and a second state. A correction circuit corresponds to at least one of the plurality of tuner circuits, and is configured to receive the control signal and provide a corrected control signal for the tuner circuit. The corrected control signal has a gradual transition between the first state and the second state as compared to the transition between the first state and the second state in the control signal.

Abstract: [Object] To enable an external device to recognize, in the case of including a communication unit configured to execute communication via a communication path made up of a pair of differential transmission paths included in a transmission path, information relating to the communication unit thereof. [Solving means] A disk recorder 210 transmits function information indicating that a communication unit (high-speed data line I/F 213) configured to execute communication with an external device via a communication path made up of a reserve line and an HPD line of an HDMI cable 350 to a television receiver 250 via a CEC line that is a control data line of the HDMI cable 350. The television receiver 250 receives function information, whereby whether or not the disk recorder 210 is an eHDMI-compatible device can be determined, and in the case of an eHDMI-compatible device, a compatible transmission format (application) can be recognized.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a circuit board; a flexible printed wiring board comprising a base layer, a conductive layer, and a protective layer. The circuit board is installed in the housing. The flexible printed wiring board is configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board. The base layer includes a first surface and a second surface positioned on an opposite side of the first surface. The conductive layer is provided on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the base layer. The protective layer is configured to cover the base layer and the conductive layer, and includes an outer edge portion positioned on an outside of a periphery portion of the base layer.

Abstract: This invention is a method to quickly characterize the time variant channel state information to enable ATSC HDTV signal reception in a mobile environment (e.g. in a moving car, walking, on a bus, etc.) by removing the Doppler interference. The invention relates to a single or multiple antenna ATSC terrestrial DTV receiver for indoor and mobile users.

Abstract: Boot-up delay within a television receiver IC is substantially reduced by loading a portion of an operating program into the television receiver IC to enable execution of time-consuming receiver initialization operations, and then executing the receiver initialization operations concurrently with loading the remainder of the operating program into the television receiver IC. By this operation, the time required to execute the receiver initialization operations may be at least partly hidden under the time required to load the operating program, thereby substantially reducing the boot-up delay.

Abstract: A display device includes: a monitor and receiving set having a video signal receiving section, a display section, an image quality control section, a first control signal transceiver, and a first control section; and a control and transmission set having a television broadcast receiving section, a video signal input section, a video signal transmitting section, a second control signal transceiver, a key input section, and a second control section. The Power consumption of a first radio transmission path formed by the video signal transmitting section and the video signal receiving section is larger than that of a second radio transmission path formed by the first and second control signal transceivers. A control signal for a user interface is communicated by the first and second control signal transceivers. Only the second radio transmission path of the first and second radio transmission paths is communicable in a standby state.

Abstract: A video input section acquires a video signal formed of a plurality of frames. A frame separator separates the video signal acquired by the video input section on a frame basis and distributes the separated video signals. A plurality of parallel processors perform video processing in parallel on the separated video signals corresponding to the frames separated and distributed by the frame separator. A frame combiner combines the separated video signals on which the plurality of parallel processors have performed the video processing.

Abstract: A TV control device, for an external TV device includes a storage unit storing a user identification code and user setting data corresponding to the user identification code, and a wireless communication unit transmitting a control signal to the external TV device according to the user identification code and the user setting data, wherein the external TV device determines a TV setting of the external TV device according to the user identification code and the user setting data when the external TV device receives the control signal.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a splitter to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and to provide the RF signal to multiple channels of a tuner. Each channel may include an amplifier to amplify the RF signal, a mixer to downconvert the amplified RF signal to a second frequency signal using a local oscillator (LO) signal, where each of the channels is configured to receive a different LO signal, a filter to filter the downconverted second frequency signal, and a digitizer to digitize the downconverted second frequency signal. A clock generation circuit has multiple interpolative dividers and a frequency synthesizer to generate a reference clock signal. Each of the interpolative dividers is configured to receive the reference clock signal, generate a corresponding LO signal, and provide the corresponding LO signal to the mixer of at least one of the channels.

Abstract: A backlight device 12 includes: a chassis having a bottom plate and side plates that stand towards the front of the bottom plate from the edges of the bottom plate, the face on one side of the bottom plate being a light-output part; an LED substrate disposed on the front surface of the bottom plate; LEDs 24 arranged on a plate face oriented toward the light-output part of the LED substrate and arranged so that the light-output part is on the light-emitting side thereof; a plurality of diffusion lenses 27 for covering the light-emitting side of the plurality of LEDs and diffusing the light from the LEDs 24; a first reflecting sheet 29 provided with light source insertion holes through which the LEDs 24 are inserted at positions corresponding to the LEDs 24, the first reflecting sheet being laid over the front surface of the bottom plate and over the LED substrate; and a second reflecting sheet 30 arranged so as to protrude in the direction in which the side plates rise, the ends of the second reflecting sheet

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first receiver, a screen transmitter, a second receiver and a controller. The first receiver receives first information associated with a display function of an external device. The screen transmitter generates an operation screen for operating the apparatus based on the first information, and transmits a video signal of the generated operation screen to the external device. The second receiver receives second information associated with content of an operation on the operation screen from the external device. The controller controls operation of the apparatus based on the second information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a first housing; a component; a wall; and an electrical conductor. The component is exposed to the outside of the first housing with a gap between the component and the first housing. A wall is with a face facing the gap. The wall includes an opening. The gap is connected to inside of the first housing through the opening. The electrical conductor is on an inner face of the first housing.

Abstract: The backlight device (24) is provided with a bottom plate (22a), a light-guide plate (20) that has a light-receiving face (20a) on a side face and that is arranged such that the back surface of the plate is oriented to face the front of the bottom plate (22a), an LED light-source (28) that is arranged opposite to the light-receiving face (20a) on the front surface of the bottom plate (22a), a reflective sheet (26) that is arranged to be in contact with the bottom surface of the light guide plate (20), a protruding member (38) that is formed so as to protrude from the front surface of the bottom plate (22a) and that has, as top surfaces, a first surface (38a) provided so as to contact the surface of the reflective sheet (26) on the side opposite of the bottom plate and a second surface (38b) that is separated from the first surface (38a) by a step (38c) and that, between the light-receiving face (20a) and the LED light source (28), is higher than the back surface of the light guide plate (20).

Abstract: Provided is an LTE-system mobile communication terminal in which a reduction in terminal size and a reduction in the number of components is desired when a terrestrial digital television broadcast is to be received. Two antennas from among terrestrial digital television broadcast receiving antennas are switched and controlled so as to also be used as transmitting/receiving antennas from LTE communication, and the reception diversity is switched to either a 2-system combination or 4-system combination in accordance with whether the television broadcast is in the VHF band or UHF band. As a result, the number of antennas for example can be reduced and the terminal costs and size can be reduced.

Abstract: In a transmission device: a controller performs a control of reading, from information regarding video specification, information regarding a horizontal resolution and a vertical resolution that are supported by a reception device and information regarding frame rate that is supported by the reception device, and multiplexing, to the video signal during a blanking period of the video signal, information indicating a reduce frame rate that is selectable from a range supported by the reception device; and a transmitter transmits baseband video data at the reduced frame rate.

Abstract: A router module is arranged in a housing of a smart television. The router module is externally connected to a modem for surfing the Internet. The router module is electrically connected to a micro processing unit of the smart television. Therefore, the smart television is connected to the Internet through the router module. A wireless transmission chip of the router module is configured to process Internet signals. An antenna module is configured to wirelessly transmit the Internet signals, so that wireless network is shared to outside.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive content, an acquiring unit configured to acquire a time required for reproducing the content, a counter configured to count a first time including at least the required time, and a display controller configured to display the content on the display unit and terminate display of a video on the display unit after expiration of the first time.

Abstract: A digital video viewing system including methods for user selection of video advertisement content and time of display of video advertisements during a live video content stream. The digital video viewing system includes modules for receiving, evaluating and transmitting data within the digital video viewing system and to Internet protocol content providers. Also shown are methods for recording and re-playing live internet protocol content in conjunction with the video advertisement display methods.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal, a display which displays an image based on the received broadcasting signal, a communication unit which communicates with a mobile device, and a controller which determines whether the mobile device interferes with at least one channel of a plurality of broadcasting channels received through the receiver, and controls the display to display a user interface (UI) indicates a user whether image noise has resulted from channel interference by the mobile device.

Abstract: This invention is a fast decision feedback equalizer based on promptly updated channel characteristics to enable ATSC HDTV signal reception in a mobile environment (e.g. in a moving car, walking, on a bus, etc.) by removing the Doppler interference.

Abstract: A display device includes a display cell, a metal housing, a light source, a reflecting member, and a power supply circuit board. The housing supports the display cell from a rear side of the display device. The light source is attached to the housing. The light source is configured to emit light toward the display cell. The reflecting member is disposed between the display cell and the housing. The reflecting member is configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source toward the display cell. The power supply circuit board is disposed between the reflecting member and the housing.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for enabling display system power saving during the operation of display devices. An integrated circuit package includes input interface circuitry configured to receive an audio-video data stream having a video signal and timing information and timing extraction circuitry that can identify blanking patterns for the video signal. The package includes timing control circuitry configured to implement a power saving process during the blanking periods of the video signal. The invention further includes methods that support the operation of power saving processes.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, a communication system, a transmission method, a reception method, and programs therefor that are capable of efficiently transmitting at least a plurality of pieces of video data included in data of a plurality of contents at the same time. [Solving Means] A switch unit (32a) of a transmission apparatus selects one of a plurality of pieces of video data supplied from a storage apparatus (42) in accordance with video data designated by a transmission data control unit (32i) and supplies it to an IF unit (32b). The IF unit (32b) transmits video data decoded by a decode unit (113) from a terminal (335). The compressed video data supplied from the switch unit (32a) is transmitted via a terminal (336). The terminal (335) is included in a first channel unit. In a case where the IF unit (32b) is an HDMI, for example, the terminal (335) is a terminal for a TMDS channel.

Abstract: An electronic device and a control method thereof are disclosed, the electronic device including: an operation implementation unit conducting a predetermined operation; a first main controller controlling the operation of the operation implementation unit; an input reception unit receiving an input signal; a second main controller processing the input signal and being in the power saving state in the standby mode; and a subcontroller controlling the second main controller to process the input signal when the input signal is received in the standby mode, wherein the second main controller processes the received input signal according to control of the subcontroller, controls the first main controller to operate in the normal mode when the input signal corresponds to entering the normal mode, and returns to the power saving state in the standby mode when the input signal does not correspond to entering the normal mode.

Abstract: A reception device includes: a reception unit which receives transmission data from an imaging device, the imaging device performing imaging processing at prescribed intervals, generating image data, packetizes the image data to create the transmission data, and transmitting the transmission data; a display processing unit which performs display processing of generating a display signal from the transmission data; a measurement unit which extracts a specific packet from the transmission data, measures a difference between prescribed reference timing generated at intervals in relation to display of the display signal and reception timing of the specific packet multiple times, and generates an estimated imaging timing signal in which operation timing of the imaging processing is estimated, based on the measurement result; and a processing unit which synchronizes the imaging processing and the display processing so as to be a prescribed phase with each other using the estimated imaging timing signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system, a transmitter, a receiver, a communication method, a program, and a communication cable for providing high-speed bidirectional communication while maintaining compatibility. When an HDMI® source performs bidirectional IP communication with an HDMI® sink using a CEC line and a signal line, a switching control unit controls a switch so that, when data is transmitted, the switch selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a converting unit and, when data is transmitted, the switch selects a constituent signal forming a differential signal output from a receiver. When bidirectional communication is performed using only the CEC line, the switching control unit controls the switch so that the CEC signal output from the HDMI® source or the receiver is selected. The present invention is applicable to, for example, HDMI®.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing the effective contrast ratio and brightness yields for digital light valve image projectors using a variable luminance control mechanism (VLCM), associated with the projector optics, for modifying the light output and provide a correction thereto; and an adaptive luminance control module (ALCM) for receiving signals from the video input board, the adaptive luminance control module producing a signal on a VLCM bus connecting the variable luminance control mechanism and the adaptive luminance control module, the signal causing the variable luminance control mechanism to change the luminance of the light output and provide a corrected video signal for the projector.

Abstract: This invention is a method to quickly characterize the time variant channel state information to enable ATSC HDTV signal reception in a mobile environment (e.g. in a moving car, walking, on a bus, etc.) by removing the Doppler interference. The invention relates to a single or multiple antenna ATSC terrestrial DTV receiver for indoor and mobile users.

Abstract: Systems and methods for toggling between television channels that appear on a display. A listing of channels is received from a user, with the channels being prioritized in an order of preference. One or more toggle types are also received from the user, with each toggle type further including a toggle trigger. In use, a channel is displayed on the display until a toggle trigger is detected. Once detected, the channel on the display is changed to another channel from the list of channels. This process may continue with the detection of another toggle trigger causing another changing of the displayed channel.

Abstract: A television on a chip (TVOC) system that provides a cost effective approach for providing television functionality on a single integrated circuit chip is disclosed. A TVOC includes the functionality necessary to receive and display television signals in a variety of input and output formats. A TVOC can be used in set-top boxes for cable and satellite television, or directly within a television. All functionality provided can be provided on a single integrated circuit. TVOC includes a data transport module, an IF demodulator, a digital audio engine, an analog audio engine, a digital video engine, and an analog video engine. The TVOC also includes three sets of interfaces including output interfaces, control interfaces and ancillary interfaces. Further features and embodiments provide enhanced functionality and increased efficiencies.

Abstract: This technique relates to a receiving device, a receiving method, and a program that can demodulate transmitted signals with high accuracy. A receiving device of this disclosure includes: an amplifying unit that amplifies a received signal; an adjusting unit that adjusts gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with power of the signal; a demodulating unit that demodulates the amplified signal; and a detecting unit that detects an interval from the signal, information having the same content continuously appearing in the interval. The adjusting unit restricts the process of adjusting the gain of the amplifying unit in accordance with a result of the detection of the interval. This disclosure can be applied to receiving devices that receive broadcast signals compliant with DVB-C2 via a CATV network.

Abstract: A band translation method and device for selecting two or more desired frequency bands of data and bandstacking the two or more desired frequency bands of data into a single output.

Abstract: An illumination device 12 includes a light source 17; a light guide plate 16 having a light-receiving face 16b and a light-exiting surface 16a; a chassis 14 having a body 141 covering a rear surface 16c of the light guide plate 16, a strip-shaped projecting part 142 projecting beyond the light-receiving face 16b, and a straight edge 143 extending in a straight line parallel with the light-receiving face 16b; a light source support member 19 having a support part 191 supporting the light source 17, and an attachment part 192 having an edge 193 that extends beyond the straight edge 143 of the chassis 14 and that extends in a straight line parallel with this straight edge 143, the attachment part 192 being attached to the front side of the projecting part 142; a screw 21 penetrating the projecting part 142 and the attachment part 192 from the rear side of the projecting part 142; and a screw-receiving part 131 that clamps the projecting part 142 and the like between the screw 21 and the screw-receiving part 131

Abstract: A method and system for providing power saving for wired connected devices. The method includes determining a power saving mode by one or more of a first communication device and a second communication device based on one or more of a video content state and one or more un-allocated communication paths. A power saving operation is performed while using a wired link between the first communication device and the second communication device based on the determined power saving mode.

Abstract: A receiver circuit includes an analog front-end and a digital processing unit. The analog front-end includes an input for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal, a first control input for receiving a gain adjustment signal, a second control input for receiving a timing signal, and a signal output for providing a digital intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The analog front-end updates gains of a plurality of gain stages according to the gain adjustment signal and in synchronism with the timing signal. The digital processing unit is configured to produce at least one output signal derived from the digital IF signal. The digital processing unit includes a timing recovery circuit configured to generate the timing signal based on the digital IF signal to control timing of the updating gains of each of the plurality of adjustable gain stages.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a solution for integrating a headset antenna and whip antenna together as a combined antenna for a mobile TV application. In certain embodiments, the invention can be applied to portable devices for both analog TV, FM radio, and digital TV applications and can be applied more generally to any wireless system which spans a broad frequency range, where the antenna gain of two antennas together can exceed the performance of either alone. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a connector module that is configured to connect to both a whip antenna and a headset antenna while providing necessary electrical and signal isolation. The isolation can be accomplished by using a plurality of filters. There are other embodiments as well.

Abstract: A fast channel switching method and apparatus for a digital broadcast receiver having a single tuner are disclosed. The fast channel switching method includes setting an ongoing service channel and at least one standby service channel, buffering broadcast data received through the ongoing and standby service channels, outputting the buffered broadcast data of the ongoing service channel, determining whether the ongoing service channel is switched to one of the standby service channels, outputting, if the ongoing service channel is switched to one of the standby service channels, the buffered broadcast data of the switched standby service channel and resetting the ongoing and standby service channels.

Abstract: A signal adjusting circuit and a video apparatus thereof are provided. The signal adjusting circuit includes a delay unit, a minimum value acquisition device, and a first operating unit. The delay unit receives a digital signal and delays the digital signal for N periods to serve as a delay signal. The minimum value acquisition device receives the digital signal and acquires a minimum value of the digital signal in every N periods. The first operating unit is coupled to the delay unit and the minimum value acquisition device for operating the delay signal with the minimum value to obtain an adjusting signal.